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Inscribed in Lead and Concealed in Stone: The History of a Hitherto Unknown Late Medieval Sigillum Dei

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László Sándor Chardonnens

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12-5-2013 10:30 AM

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Bernhard 213

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The description and conceptual visualisation of magical artefacts is well-known from medieval written sources, which sometimes dwell on procedures to make and use magical objects at length. Depending on their nature, magical artefacts themselves survive in varying numbers. Protective amulets and verbal charms made, for instance, from parchment, wax, or lead, survive in conspicuously larger numbers than objects of theurgic magic, such as the Sigillum Dei, even though the production of both groups of objects is described in detail in medieval manuals of magic. This session, co-sponsored by the Societas Magica and the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, focuses on the information which magical artefacts provide about magical practices, in addition to what the written sources tell about the construction and use of these artefacts.

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The Material Culture of Magic

Bernhard 213

The description and conceptual visualisation of magical artefacts is well-known from medieval written sources, which sometimes dwell on procedures to make and use magical objects at length. Depending on their nature, magical artefacts themselves survive in varying numbers. Protective amulets and verbal charms made, for instance, from parchment, wax, or lead, survive in conspicuously larger numbers than objects of theurgic magic, such as the Sigillum Dei, even though the production of both groups of objects is described in detail in medieval manuals of magic. This session, co-sponsored by the Societas Magica and the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, focuses on the information which magical artefacts provide about magical practices, in addition to what the written sources tell about the construction and use of these artefacts.